When sheriff’s deputies found 30-year-old Amanda Fox Sloan at her home at 383 Nicasio Way in the Soquel Hills, she opened fire, Sheriff's Lt. Fred Plageman said.

"As the deputies arrived, Sloan fired a handgun from the residence. Sloan exited the residence and pointed the gun at herself and pointed the gun at a deputy in a threatening manner, ignoring repeated commands to submit to lawful arrest. One deputy fired multiple rounds from his issued rifle striking Sloan in the leg," Plageman said.

The mother of three was shot once in the leg, captured and transported to a hospital to be treated for non-life threatening injuries.

"It was the perfect ending" Sloan's mother said. Sloan's mother was the person who tipped off investigators that her daughter was planning to return home on Sunday.

"I have a huge commitment to the community and their safety, and I had to do what was necessary," Sloan's mother said Monday. "I knew the outcome may have been tragic."

Sloan had been on the run since Nov. 11, when she got into a high speed chase with police in Soquel and Capitola.

Police said Sloan fired a gun through her sunroof at a Capitola police officer while she was speeding past Soquel High School on Old San Jose Road.

The officer was not injured and did not return fire. Her silver BMW was found abandoned the next morning in the Santa Cruz mountains and Sloan was nowhere to be found.

A $900,000 arrest warrant was issued, and police described Sloan as armed and dangerous. Friends and family said Sloan wanted to die in a shootout with law enforcement, also known as "suicide by cop."

Sloan is the widow of homicide victim Jeff Smith, 28. He was shot to death outside their Soquel Hills home on Aug. 16. No one has been charged in his killing.

Sheriff's detectives said they suspect Smith's killer may have been Colin Sean Tisdale, 49, who is currently behind bars in the Santa Cruz County Jail and is being held on drug charges.

The night Smith was slain, he went outside with a flashlight to investigate because he heard someone walking around at 3 a.m., Sloan said. Smith was shot, and Sloan said she ran outside. As Smith lay dying in her arms, he used his last words to name Tisdale, Sloan said.

Sloan had run-ins with the law before her husband was killed. On May 15, she was in the Seacliff neighborhood of Aptos when she hit a Santa Cruz County Sheriff's deputy with a handcuff that was attached to her wrist. Sloan was convicted and was scheduled to begin her jail sentence in January 2013.

Neighbors said they believe Sloan's three children are currently in the custody of Child Protective Services.

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Jeffrey Smith, 28, was slain on Aug. 16, 2012. No one has been charged with his murder.

Smith was slain at 3 a.m. outside his house on the 300 block of Nicasio Way in Soquel. According to Smith's obituary, he graduated from Soquel High School in 2002 and became an auto mechanic.